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Hurricane sandy

  • Cat Food Flambe'
    The storm won't be the problem - the loss of power to large areas of populated areas will, especially if it turns cold afterward.

    My trip to Connecticut for this week has been cancelled - no flights operating..
  • said_aouita
  • Automatik
    Calm before the storm right now. I just took a stroll near the East River, I live close. It's creepy out there, swirling/howling winds and it's a ghost town. Shit is about to go downnnn in a few hours. I believe the eye will reach land around noon.
  • SnotBubbles
    It's funny watching all of you guys act tough and saying this storm is no big deal and losing power. From what I've read, it's gaining momentum and they're calling it a historic storm (on the day it is supposed to hit).

    I hope none of you there who are acting like "no big deal, don't die.
  • Automatik
    I live in a basement apartment and I'm not in an evacuation zone. Just gotta ride it out.
  • BigAppleBuckeye
    Pretty nasty here in Brooklyn Heights, rainy and winds are really picking up (I am not meteorologist, but the winds look stronger than Irene). I am hearing Battery Park (lower Manhattan, just south of the WTC) may be under water in a few hours, that's nuts!
  • gorocks99
    Max sustained winds this AM of 90mph with gusts up to 115mph as of this morning. Stay safe, east coasters.
  • Automatik
    Getting bad already in some parts.



    http://gizmodo.com/5955575/hurricane-sandy-satellite-photos-and-videos-updating-live?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_twitter&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow#flooding
  • dlazz
    Nothing to report here in New Albany.
  • MoldyDog
    Auto
    My son is in a first floor apartment and we've been worried about him. We'll keep our fingers crossed for you in your basement apt.
    He was at a conference last week in Chicago and left his car at work(He works in Whitestone) he's hoping it will still be there tomorrow.

    Good luck!!
  • Con_Alma
  • I Wear Pants
    We're all gonna die, clearly.
  • Automatik
    MoldyDog;1307169 wrote:Auto
    My son is in a first floor apartment and we've been worried about him. We'll keep our fingers crossed for you in your basement apt.
    He was at a conference last week in Chicago and left his car at work(He works in Whitestone) he's hoping it will still be there tomorrow.

    Good luck!!
    As long as he's not in a low lying area he should be fine, although I'm not familiar w/ Whitestone. I don't think it was in Zone A.

    People in the Rockaways, lower Manhattan, and Redhook, BK all need to gtfo out.
  • Crimson streak
    It's rainy all day so far some decent wind maybe 20 mph but by 5-6 we will have winds 35-45 with gusts around 70. It's already starting to flood on the roads and such.
  • ptown_trojans_1
    Love that picture at Arlington.

    Not too bad now in upper DC. But, main front is coming late tonight.
    Some pics from friends in Norfork, VA:
  • Emmett Brown
    Con_Alma;1307175 wrote:
    Talk about dedication. And I think they are volunteers right?
  • ptown_trojans_1
    And a picture of the Ocean City, MD, fishing pier:
  • Midstate01
    Emmett Brown;1307219 wrote:Talk about dedication. And I think they are volunteers right?

    One of the most prestigious jobs in the marines.
  • Con_Alma
    Emmett Brown;1307219 wrote:Talk about dedication. And I think they are volunteers right?
    Yes they are volunteers and after training receive the second least awarded decoration in the military and they don't wear rank insignia so as not to out rank the unknown soldiers.
  • MoldyDog
    Pretty funny stuff

    https://twitter.com/HurcaneSandy
  • Con_Alma
    Midstate01;1307225 wrote:One of the most prestigious jobs in the marines.
    ...most honorable job for any service member.
  • Crimson streak
    ptown_trojans_1;1307220 wrote:And a picture of the Ocean City, MD, fishing pier:

    They had the local news station at ocean city and it looks like a ghost town. There getting hammered
  • vball10set
    Midstate01;1307225 wrote:One of the most prestigious jobs in the marines.
    We were there last summer and sat through a changing of the guard, and it one of the neatest things I've ever witnessed--it was surreal, to say the least.
  • ptown_trojans_1
    Oh great, from the NWS, the all caps is a bit much:
    HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 70 AND POSSIBLY 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT A REGION LOCATED BETWEEN BEL AIR MD...POINT LOOKOUT MD...AND HAGERSTOWN MD BETWEEN 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM TUESDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE GREATER BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREAS.
  • vball10set
    ^^^lol, "a bit much"? not if you're there, it's not :(